Bishop Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jul 1910		Born	Zwolle, Netherlands
25 Jul 1935	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
31 May 1950	39.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Kroonstad, South Africa
31 May 1950	39.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tremithus
25 Jul 1950	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tremithus
11 Jan 1951	40.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
15 Nov 1975	65.3	Resigned	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
3 Mar 1996	85.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 60.6 years
a bishop for 45.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Johannes Petrus Huibers †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Willem Pieter Adriaan Maria Mutsaerts †
Bishop Jan Michiel Jozef Antoon Hanssen †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. † (1950)
Archbishop Johannes Petrus Huibers † (1936)
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (1925)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1950, Number 54

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